Policeman hands over bag with Rs 90,000 in cash to owner

Policeman hands over bag with Rs 90,000 in cash to owner

Srinagar : Police on Monday said an honest policeman has handed over a bag containing Rs 90,000 cash to its owner in Srinagar. A police spokesperson in a statement said: “Today during naka checking at Qamerwari SPO Umar Mushtaq No.276/SPO found a bag containing Rs 90,000 (Ninety thousand rupees). Subsequently, he informed his duty officer who […]

SC Says, No ‘namaz’ at Taj Mahal mosque by non-locals

SC Says, No ‘namaz’ at Taj Mahal mosque by non-locals

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea challenging the Agra authority’s order debarring non-residents of the city from offering Friday prayers at a mosque in the Taj Mahal complex. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said that the Taj Mahal was one of the seven wonders of the world […]

PDP-BJP failed to fulfill promises: Omar Abdullah

PDP-BJP failed to fulfill promises: Omar Abdullah

Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made big promises but failed in fulfilling them. Taking a dig at PDP chief and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, Abdullah said that she never stopped praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “PDP-BJP […]

JRL protests against Kulgam civilian killings

JRL protests against Kulgam civilian killings

The Joint Resistance Leadership on Monday staged a protest demonstration at Abi Guzar in Srinagar against the killing of three civilians killed by the army in Hawoora village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The protesters assembled at Abi Guzar and tried to march towards Ghanta Ghar (clock tower) at Lal Chowk Srinagar. However, a large […]

Second grenade attack on CRPF in Tral

Second grenade attack on CRPF in Tral

Srinagar: A grenade blast, second of the day took place in south Kashmir’s Tral town on Monday however no one was injured in the blast. Local sources told Kashmir Reader that suspected militants tried to target a CRPF camp in Batagund area of the town however the grenade exploded far from the target injuring none. […]

2 Amarnath yatris killed, six injured in Qazigund road accident

2 Amarnath yatris killed, six injured in Qazigund road accident

Srinagar: Two Amarnath yatris died while 6 others sustained injured as vehicle they were travelling in rolled down the road near toll post Qazigund, reports said on Monday. As per reports Guarav Brar @ Gori resident of Ludiana and Vinod Kumar s/o Surrinder Kumar   R/o Ludhiana died on spot while Ravinder Kumar son of Ram […]

Karvan-e-Aman bus leaves for Kaman Post to cross over to PaK

Karvan-e-Aman bus leaves for Kaman Post to cross over to PaK

Srinagar :Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered-Kashmir (Pak) left here on Monday to cross over to another side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector in north Kashmir district of Baramulla, official sources said. The bus left Bemina, Srinagar with 23 passengers including 1 fresh and 22 returnees for […]

China launches rocket carrying two Pakistani satellites

China launches rocket carrying two Pakistani satellites

China launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket on Monday. The PRSS-1 is China’s first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer, reports Xinhua news agency. A scientific experiment satellite, PakTES-1A, developed by Pakistan, was […]

North Kashmir : With Arms And Drugs, Police Seizes 2 Vehicles

North Kashmir :  With Arms And Drugs, Police Seizes 2 Vehicles

Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday said they arrested four persons and recovered drugs and arms from their possession. They were travelling in two vehicles from a border belt. A police spokesman in a statement said: “continuing its efforts to weed out drug menace from the society, a special team of Police Station Karnah assisted […]